UEFA ranks the nations each year from the point of Fair Play. The observers sent to each international event arranged by UEFA gives grades to borth parties in several topics.
Red and Yellow cards: Deducted from max 10 points. 1 for yellow, 3 for red, 3 for double yellow cards, 4 for yellow and red cards to each players. This number can go to a negative number.
Positive Play: Max 10, min 1 point.
Respect of opponents: Max 5, min 1 point.
Respect of the referee: Max 5, min 1 point.
Behaviour of team officials: Max 5, min 1 point.
Behaviour of the crowd: Max 5, min 1 point.
So each game may give a total of 40 points to each team. This number is divided into 40 and multiplied by 10 to get the final grade for each team.
In some cases the teams may not have enough crowd to evaluate for a team. In that cases total max grade can be 35 and the final grade is calculated by dividing the total by 35 and multiplying with 10.
After the grades of each game for both opponents are known, they are accumulated to their country's total. At the end of the year. Total of all grades are divided into the number of games included to get a Fair Play ratio for that country. The countries are ranked according to these final Fair Play ratios.
2001-2002 Fair Play rankings include all international competitions between the dates of June 1, 2001 and May 27, 2002.
UEFA awards the country who wins of the Fair Play competition with an extra entry to the UEFA Cup. That country sends the winner of their domestic Fair Play winners to the UEFA Cup, even if that team is being relegated in their own league.
In the same way UEFA also gives two more Fair Play entries to two more countries from the Fair Play competition. These two countries are chosen with a draw amonst the countries with an overall 8.000 or higher Fair Play average.
This year Norway won the competition. Two nations winning the draw were England and Czech Republic.
The nations with less than 25 games are not included in the actual ranking.
1. Norway 8.361 49 SK Brann Bergen
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2. Sweden 8.249 57 Örgryte IS Göteborg
3. Finland 8.226 51 FC Lahti
4. Iceland 8.163 39 Grindavik
5. England 8.162 119 Ipswich Town FC
6. Denmark 8.160 66 Aalborg BK
7. Germany 8.141 132 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach
8. Estonia 8.103 26 JK Tulevik Viljandi
9. Russia 8.101 55 SC Rotor Volgograd
10. Belgium 8.095 83 K. St. Truidense VV
11. France 8.076 119 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
12. Israel 8.072 50 FC Ashdod
13. Wales 8.066 30 Carmarthen Town FC
14. Hungary 8.042 46 Debreceni VSC
15. Czech Republic 8.032 90 SK Sigma Olomouc
16. Switzerland 8.015 80 Neuchâtel Xamax FC
17. Yugoslavia 8.003 59 to be decided later
18. Spain 8.000 127 Real Sociedad
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19. Poland 7.982 69
20. Rep. of Ireland 7.951 34
21. Moldova 7.944 39
22. Netherlands 7.943 87
23. Belarus 7.942 45
24. Scotland 7.936 55
25. Portugal 7.936 76
26. Armenia 7.927 25
27. Slovenia 7.852 32
28. Ukraine 7.831 57
29. Romania 7.821 44
30. Greece 7.817 68
31. Slovakia 7.738 50
32. Austria 7.733 43
33. Italy 7.717 112
34. Croatia 7.710 60
35. Bulgaria 7.622 47
36. Turkey 7.590 61
37. Georgia 7.493 28
38. Bosnia-Herzegovina 7.434 40
39. F.Y.R. Macedonia 7.304 27
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40. Liechtenstein 8.290 7
41. Faroe Islands 8.187 19
42. Latvia 7.889 22
43. Luxembourg 7.853 21
44. Azerbaijan 7.812 21
45. San Marino 7.714 7
46. Northern Ireland 7.624 20
47. Albania 7.524 20
48. Lithuania 7.470 23
49. Cyprus 7.443 24
50. Malta 7.414 20
51. Andorra 7.379 11
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2001-2002 UEFA
Fair Play Rankings